malarkey

Significat (Anglès)

Nonsense; rubbish.

Conceptes

conversa frívola

frivolitats

Sinònims

malarky

nothingness

wind

jazz

idle words

grabass

lip service

empty talk

lallygag

bunk

Traduccions

Quatsch

Unfug

Unsinn

majaderías

Humbug

payasadas

Mumpitz

sandeces

aria fritta

sciocchezza

besteira

bobeira

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/məˈlɑːki/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Of unknown origin; the word was popularized by the Irish-American cartoonist Thomas Aloysius (“Tad”) Dorgan (1877–1929), who started using it in cartoons on March 9, 1922.
Maybe from Irish mallachtóireacht or Greek μαλακίες (malakíes)